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Maureen Daly

(1921–2006) Journalist

10 quotes in 39 categories

Maureen Daly was a journalist.

Quick Facts About Maureen Daly

Born: March 15, 1921
Died: September 25, 2006
Profession: Journalist

About Maureen Daly

[Wikidata] novelist... | [Wikipedia] Maureen Daly was an Irish-born American writer who wrote the 1942 novel Seventeenth Summer while still in her teens. Originally marketed for adults, it described a contemporary teenage romance and drew a large teenage audience. It is regarded by some as the first young adult novel, and the market ni

Quotes by Maureen Daly

“Looking up, Missouri saw a formation of low-flying P-47's on the horizon, heading up the coast from Naples...Sergeant Missouri laughed aloud. "They're…

Air force

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“It's funny how, having nice thoughts in your head, it is so pleasant to pull them all out and think them all…

Thoughts in your head

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“When I eat, everything tastes so good I can't get all the taste out of it; when I look at something-say, the…

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“I wonder, I thought, what I am really thinking. Last week I would have known definitely but now everything seemed vague and…

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It is odd how one can feel like someone else early in the morning - bigger, cleaner, so much more alive.

Alive

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“A sudden thought struck me. Wouldn't it be odd if my mother got old! ... It is only natural that when your…

Children

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Growing up is like taking down the sides of your house and letting strangers walk in.

Adolescence

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“A girl can't feel like a lady with a bottle of beer before her.”

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Talking about your home town is like talking about your own mother.

Home

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Growing up crowds your mind with new thoughts and new feelings so that you forget how you used to think and feel.

Adolescence

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